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April Fools’ Day is the day to play practical jokes on people. It is the day of people being infuriated, and wanting to punch you in the face. There are many pranks that have been/can be played, but I’d like to share the possible origin of April Fools’ before I share the laughter.

It goes back to 1582, when Pope Gregory XIII announced the Gregorian calendar, which moved New Year’s Day from the end of March to January 1st. The message of the use of the Gregorian calendar was spread, and others started using it. Those who continued to celebrate New Year’s on April 1st through using the old calendar were considered “foolish”, hence April Fools. If you are interested, there are other possible origins of April Fools’ that can be found here.

Now for some entertainment!

Andre Iguodala and the other Warriors members prank Festus Ezeli.

 

Funniest #BestPrankEver tweets featured on Jimmy Fallon.

 

Yes, healthy donuts exist.

 

If you have a lot of time on your hands, here are some pranks you can dedicate your time to.

 

Brrhghhh.

 

Home-grown spaghetti anyone?

In April 1, 1957, BBC show Panorama showed a clip of harvesting spaghetti. The footage shows people picking pasta noodles off of spaghetti trees. People then later called in to ask how to grow spaghetti. You can read more hoaxes here.

 

Watch the compilation of funny April Fools’ videos on Jimmy Kimmel.

 

The prank where you don’t have to do anything.

 

But who says pranks are only for April Fools’?

Hope you guys have a day FOOL of creative pranks! Oh, and creative ways to apologize to your loved ones.

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Heidi Park

La Verne

Heidi Park is a junior at University of La Verne majoring in Child Development, specializing in Speech Therapy. This is her second year being part of the Her Campus team and has taken the role as Secretary, Blog Editor, and Snapshot Editor. Heidi is currently working in BUSD as a co-teacher, and as a behavior interventionist for ACT. She likes to de-stress by cooking, cleaning, reading, and watching Netflix. In her free time she likes to people watch at Starbucks (or really, anywhere), snack/eat until she is guiltily full, and hang out with the ones she loves. At first glance she may seem/look intimidating but once you get to know her she is a soft marshmallow (especially for dogs, cats, and babies).
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